OMG tumblr user dingodad you're on here!!! long time reader first time, saying-anything-er, but, i really love your writing!!! genuinely fundamental in how i look at homestuck, and a lot of texts as a whole, it's genuinely all so impressive to me.

onto my actual question: the auspisticism discussion here has put me in the mind of how classpects work, particularly, the "retaining the social cohesion" of the group as a reflection of how passive classes prop up the others. viewing them as analogous to gender roles, with the masculine time and feminine space being the two required for a session to bear fruit, and the other aspects as optional building blocks that all support this creation, feels similar to reproduction being the focus of troll romance, which the other social structures violently direct trolls into the act of. for example, auspisticism maintaining social order amongst a group is somewhat like blood or passive heart abilities that keep the dynamics in a session together, a kismesis fundamentally leading to extreme violence reflects hope/rage or life/doom players who act as an antagonising or instigating force being an inclusion, etc. are all parallels between the two restrictive systems; ultimately the dichotomy between pairs of aspects or passive and active mirror the way an enforced difference between the male and female role is a load-bearing brick of the patriarchal system. ALL THIS TO SAY, i think the link between how both of these affect the cast could be a really interesting one to explore, and i'd be interested to hear your thoughts on what the two can say about how to look at one-another, and the potential meaning of including the both of these in the comic! ok thankyou love urwork